Reference

Exodus 30:9

Ye shall offer no strange incense thereon, nor burnt sacrifice, nor meat offering; neither shall ye pour drink offering thereon.
7

And Aaron shall burn thereon sweet incense every morning: when he dresseth the lamps, he shall burn incense upon it.

8

And when Aaron lighteth the lamps at even, he shall burn incense upon it, a perpetual incense before the Lord throughout your generations.

9

Ye shall offer no strange incense thereon, nor burnt sacrifice, nor meat offering; neither shall ye pour drink offering thereon.

10

And Aaron shall make an atonement upon the horns of it once in a year with the blood of the sin offering of atonements: once in the year shall he make atonement upon it throughout your generations: it is most holy unto the Lord.

11

And the Lord spake unto Moses, saying,

Why This Verse Was Tagged

Ritual / Sacred Use
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Ritual / Sacred Use

The verse explicitly forbids certain offerings, including drink offerings, on the altar of incense. While it mentions "drink offering," it does so in a prohibitive context, not in a way that describes its use in sacred/ceremonial contexts. Therefore, it does not directly support the definition as "wine used in offerings... or other sacred/ceremonial contexts."

Total Abstinence

The verse explicitly prohibits specific types of offerings (strange incense, burnt sacrifice, meat offering, drink offering) on a particular altar, but it does not mention wine or alcohol in any context, nor does it command or imply abstinence from them.